Moll (Herman)

A map of the East Indies with adjacent countries, with the settlements, factories and territories, explaning what belongs to England, Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal &c..., hand-coloured in outline, cartouche with East India Company coat-of-arms, inset views of Bantam, Goa and Surat, inset maps of Fort St. George at Madras and Batavia, includes the southern portion of China, Tibet, Taiwan, a portion of Korea and Japan, on two joined sheets, creasing, 61 x 102cm, framed & glazed, c.1715.

***Having made his name in London, Moll’s birthplace and nationality remain unknown. He was presumably Dutch or German.